Re: Friedman's Folly

"Clave" <ClaviusNoSpamDammit@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> "John Galt" <whoisjohngalt@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>> Actually, my claim is that the majority of Americans will look at it
the
>> way I do. There is very little sense of community responsibility left
>> among Americans. Even charity is done at arms length, by writing a
check
>> instead of actually DOING anything for anyone. Thus...
>
> Hang on there -- you're going from "my claim is" to "thus" without 
> anything in
> between but your own personal anecdotes?

How would there be any other? These are simply observations of society as
we 
all make them, just as we all attempt to build generalizations from those 
observations.
>
> Frickin' no-content hand-waving sheesh.

Consistent with your response. I suspect this question distills down to 
personal experience on either side of the argument. If you have another
way 
to approach the issue other than snark, feel free to take a shot.

JG